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Gr 8 Up—Lyon's ability to rouse empathy in her readers is most evident in Zoe, in which Jules refuses to accept that she had an ectopic pregnancy and lost her baby, caring for her bundle as if it were a real infant. Lyon brings in the real issues that can and do cause so much heartbreak around teen pregnancies: disappearing boyfriends, conflicts with parents, the shortage of affordable child care, and getting a high school diploma as the girl struggl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Sixteen-year-old Jules’s baby is the center of her world. Zoe is the reason she works long hours in the Toyota factory instead of going to high school. Damon said he would marry her, but then his mom sent him away, so it’s up to Jules to take care of Zoe. No one else gets it, not her mom, not her best friend, not even the doctors who told her that her ectopic pregnancy couldn’t result in the birth of a baby. But Jules knows that nothing matters except keeping Zoe safe from the “dark places” in th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More